. >> mike: last week we showed you how vice-president joe biden promoted his gun control policies during his trip it france and this week, he's back to pushing banning assault weapons in the states and on monday in philadelphia he asked his friends in the media for a little help. >> we were counting on all of you, the legitimate news media to cover these discussions because the truth is that times have changed. >> mike: the legitimate news media, so the vice-president says. i wonder what he had in mind? i'm sure he meant, fox news channel. okay, so he didn't. look, here is the point: the press was always intended to be the watch dog of american government, never the overfed lap dog of american government, which is exactly what it has become in trying to do everything possible to make the obama administration look good so that the vice-president of the united states, instead of putting himself at arm's length, gives them a great big hug and calls them his friends. that's now how it's supposed to work. all right, next, supreme court justices usually attend the state of the union. this year